School district officials are trying to identify who watched $250 worth of pay-per-view pornographic movies using a school cable television box, officials said. Someone after business hours used one of the five cable boxes in the Board of Education building to order the films, priced between $4.95 and $9.95. The cable provider, Cablevision, has refunded the school district the money, and is helping to investigate the purchases. ... http://abcnews.go.com

National Guard Staff Sgt. Gabe Robinson knows he will be married only a matter of months before he's likely to redeploy to Iraq, but considers himself lucky he's been home since 2004. Still, he worries about being injured."It's always in your mind," said Robinson, 32, who plans to marry in May. "Anyone who says they don't think about that, they are lying."The Oklahoma City resident is among the 13,000 National Guard troops in Oklahoma, Indiana, Arkansas and an as-yet unspecified state expected to be notified soon that they could be sent to Iraq around the first of next year, military officials say."There's always going to be some apprehension out there," said Capt. Brad Hanna, a chaplain in the Oklahoma National Guard who served in Afghanistan. "We're not in the position of making policy; all we can do is be ready to do what we're called to do."...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070407/ap_on_re_us/guard_deployment

An advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied that 15 British sailors and marines seized by Iran had been mistreated, saying they had made such claims under pressure from their superiors.“The mistreatment of the sailors is a lie,” said Ali Akbar Javanfekr, top press spokesman for the President.“The British authorities should know that they cannot keep hiding the truth from the British people,” he said.“We envisioned that the 15 sailors would be subjected to pressure by British security and intelligence forces. "For that reason, President Ahmadinejad asked Prime Minister Tony Blair not to put pressure on the sailors for having told the truth, but (he) did not hear this humanitarian appeal," Mr Javanfekr said.“London's attitude was foreseeable, because expression of the truth by the sailors would have been a challenge to the British Government and army....http://www.news.com.au/sundayheraldsun/story/0,,21521931-5005961,00.html

U.S. forces launched an air strike in Diwaniya on Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi troops fought for a second day to wrest control of the city from Shi'ite militias.A local hospital source and a resident said six people, including two children and a woman, were killed in the missile strike on a home in the centre of the city, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad.U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Scott Bleichwehl said one person had been killed when a warplane fired on gunmen carrying rocket-propelled grenade launchers."The engagement was initiated by a tip that was called in by a local citizen. We had visual confirmation that there was a hostile target. There was no collateral damage," he said....http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL732833.htm

U.S. Sen. John McCain said in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday he misspoke in his recent upbeat comments about security in Baghdad, where he traveled under heavy military protection.The Arizona senator, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, maintains progress has been made in the U.S.-led war in Iraq, according to comments to be aired on CBS' "60 Minutes." Excerpts were released on Friday.McCain said he regrets comments he made after a tour of Baghdad last Sunday, when he said he could see progress and the American people were not being told the "good news" about the war, according to excerpts of his comments and a press release provided by "60 Minutes.""Of course I am going to misspeak and I've done it on numerous occasions and I probably will do it in the future," said McCain, according to "60 Minutes....http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06264971.htm

• End the use of military commissions to prosecute crimes. • Prohibit the use of secret evidence or evidence obtained by torture. • Prohibit the detention of American citizens as enemy combatants without proof. • Restore habeas corpus for alleged alien combatants. • End National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping. • Empower Congress to challenge presidential signing statements. • Bar executive use of the state secret privilege to deny justice. • Prohibit the President from collaborating with foreign governments to kidnap, detain of torture persons abroad. • Amend the Espionage Act to permit journalists to report on classified national security matters without threat of persecution. • Prohibit of the labeling of groups or individuals in the U.S. as global terrorists based on secret evidence. ...http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=182529